Leaf from a Psalter: Initial D: David in Prayer before an Altar and Christ in a Cloud (2 of 2 Excised Leaves)
c. 1270–80
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2006.8
An impressive eight-line initial represents a kneeling David praying before an altar amid stylized topiaries and set against a burnished gold ground. The text introduces Psalm 101: Domine exaudi orationem meam (Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee). Facial...
Manuscript
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Terms
Culture
England, Oxford(?)
Technique
ink, tempera and gold on vellum
Genre
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
Relations
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